Official UK procurement notice
Experts at Hand Sheffield - Speech and Language Therapy and Occupational Therapy
Authority: Sheffield City Council (Local council)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionSheffield City Council and South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board are jointly commissioning the Occupational Therapy (OT) and Speech and Language Therapy/Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) elements of Sheffield's Experts at Hand offer. The service will provide locality-based universal and targeted OT and SLCN advice, support and interventions to mainstream education settings (for children and young people under 16 in primary and secondary schools, excluding specialist school provision), working as part of a multi-disciplinary model alongside Educational Psychology, Specialist Teachers and wider SEND support to support children, young people and their families. The service forms part of the Experts at Hand offer within Sheffield's wider SEND and therapy system.
This contract opportunity is being tendered as a competitive procedure under the Provider Selection Regime.
CPV: Health services
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value (£5,010,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Speech and Language TherapyRenewalPublished value£2,505,000
Sheffield City Council and South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board seek to establish the Speech and Language Therapy / Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) element of the Sheffield Experts at Hand offer. The service will provide locality-based universal and targeted SLCN support to mainstream education settings (under 16s, Primary and Secondary schools excluding specialist school provision), working as part of a multi-disciplinary model alongside Occupational Therapy, Educational Psychology, Specialist Teachers and wider SEND support.
Lot #2Occupational TherapyRenewalPublished value£2,505,000
Sheffield City Council and South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board are jointly commissioning the Occupational Therapy (OT) element of Sheffield's Experts at Hand offer. The service will provide locality-based universal and targeted occupational therapy advice and support to mainstream education settings (under 16s, Primary and Secondary schools excluding specialist school provision), children, young people and families as part of a multi-disciplinary model alongside Speech and Language Therapy, Educational Psychology, Specialist Teachers and wider SEND support.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (7)
- System Development, Adaptation and Partnership Working: 15%
- Continuous Improvement, Learning and Innovation: 15%
- Mobilisation and Staffing: 17.5%
- Embedding OT/SALT into an Integrated Delivery Model within Education Settings: 17.5%
- Children, Young People and Families Question: 10%
- Price: 10%
- Social Value Commitments: 15%
Published award criteria (7)
- System Development, Adaptation and Partnership Working: PSR Key Criteria: Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability
- Continuous Improvement, Learning and Innovation: PSR Key Criteria: Quality & Innovation
- Mobilisation and Staffing: PSR Key Criteria: Value
- Embedding OT/SALT into an Integrated Delivery Model within Education Settings: PSR Key Criteria: Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability
- Children, Young People and Families Question: PSR Key Criteria: Access, Inequalities & Choice
- Social Value Commitments: PSR Key Criteria: Social Value
- Price: PSR Key Criteria: Value
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 7 Aug 2026, 18:31 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Aug 2026, 18:31 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Sept 2026
- Authority reference
100113126- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-075479- Accelerated
- Light touch contract
- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06df88Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 28 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
7 Aug 2026 → 28 Sept 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published81 days ago7 Aug 2026, 18:31 BST
- Submission deadline60 days ago28 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Award decision expected by39 days ago18 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts30 days ago28 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published7 Aug 2026, 18:31 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender